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About The Abbeville chronicle. (Abbeville, Ga.) 1896-1953 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1898)
Loeal ©Fid P©rs0R©l. /Hotter* of Interest Gathered In City and County, Concerning People You, Know and People You Don’t Know. Mr, Brye Wilson js. endeavoring purchase an engagement ring. ring selected is priced 25cts, proposition is to pay It cts cash, lance in installments. Brye j-.j luxuries. Mr. J L Willis desires to inform the public that he is a first class man in every respect: can saws and understands every part of a mill. Any one needing the service of :l good man will do well to see him at the Globe Hotel. The Central Drug Store has the best assortment of fancy candy in tlie city. A bunch of lice was left in the Chronicle oliice tire stems of which are six feet long and tile heads some of them will measure a foot. Who can beat that? It's a doctor's business to study health. Doctors confidently recom mend HARPER Whiskey. Sold Lasseter, Ham & Co., Abbeville, Ga. J 1} Hall returned from a trip to bis old home in Ohio last Saturday. He reports good crops and better times through- the North. Planters CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Rheu matism and Sores. Price, 25 cents. ffbr sale b.v city Drug Store: ■ Prof. Fort E Land, of Meridian School, delivered a splendid oration at the S. S. Convention in Baxley, the 3rd inst. His subject was: “the impressions of youth."—Baxley Banner. . Fort can do that every time he is called upon. He is our boy and we appreciate him. Chickens, eggs butter and all kind country produce taken on sub at the Chronicle office. Cotton Bagging and Ties cheaper at McLeod & Co.'s than anywhere else. Mrs. Emma Mitchell is spending this week at Forest Glen and Siboie visiting relatives. Go to A Isaac’s for fresh bread and cakes. Mrs. C 11 Warren arrived Tuesday from Shiloh. Ga., and will spend some time with her parents and friends in Abbeville. C L Bailey lias fresh fish on ice all the time. Lieut. Max E Land of the 3rd Regiment of Georgia volunteers is at home on a few days visit. We are glad to see you Max. Soda Water Tickets (i for 25ets or 25 for $1.00 at Central Drug Co. tf Mrs. James Carswell, of Sibbie, has been spending several days in the city, the guest oi the Misses Dean. Just received a new lot of Mack erel. McLeod & Co. Miss Julia Dorininey, of Dof* miney’s Mill, spent a few days-with Miss Boodie Angely this week. ' New garden seed, in paper or in bulk. City Drug Co. W W Bell, of Forest Glen, atten ded the opening of the college Tues day. Miss Fannie Nunn, of Amencus, who has been spending several days visiting friends in the city returned home Monday. When wanting a nice box of fancy candy, that s fresh, call on Cential Drug Store. The Abbeville baud complimented the teachers with a serenade Tues day night. Mr. J 11 Alison left for Florida Tuesday to look after his turpentine interests there. Our soda water can't be excelled, on ]y pure fruit juices used. City Drug Co. Cotton is coming in rapidly now and our buyers are paying the Ugli est market price for it. Plantm NUBIAN TEA cures Dyspep sia, Constipation and Indi gestion. Regulates the Liver. Price, 25 cts. l-'oi- sale by City Drug Co.. Abiie' IUe. On. Parents are requested to meet the faculty at the Auditorium Saturday evening at 7:30. The City Drug Co., will fill your prescriptions accurately and with pure drugs. Harry Blitch has accepted a po sition in the chief dispatcher s office in Savannah. * Protect your eyes by getting a pair of Hawkes’ famous eye glasses f.rom the City Drug Co. Mr. W II Brown, from McAlpin, Fla., is visiting his sister, Mrs. veil Bowen, this week. Mr. Brown is seventy-five years old but bis ap pearance would indicate that lie was only forty-five, lie has four sons in Wilcox, J J, 11 E, Perry and Mitchell Brown, also T R Brown in Irwin county. lie will visit them all before returning to Florida. Cotton is coming in quite rapidly now. Abbeville lias two export buyers and they are giving the top of the market. M A. Brown. “The Hustler,” is now prepared to do all kind of Bicy cle Repairing, Give him a trial. James Harp lias plenty of fine sugar cane, roasting ears and turnip greens now. Call oil him for them. J T Webb, of Ohoopee, lias moved to Abbeville and opened a boarding bouse in the Dorininey building. We bid him welcome among us. Planters CUBAN RELIEF cures Colic, Neuralgia and Toothache in five minutes. SourStomaeh and Summer Complaints. Price, 25 Ceuta. For sale by City Drug Co.. Abbeville. Ga. n Mrs. M L Lawson returned from a visit to Vidalia Monday. J B C Biitch lias accepted a po sition tn the 11. lL office at Tifton. Paxsorr Bros, keep fresh all-pork sausage on Fridays and Saturdays. What has become of our corres pondents? Send in tiie news. Our merchants have plenty of su gar cane in front of their stores now adays. Mr. Cr TV Reed, who has been dangerously ill, is reported better. 1> M McCoy, of Kramer, paid the Chronicle a pleasant visit Tuesday. Fresh mullet packed m salt on ice two for 15c. C L Bailey. Mr. J H Alisou, of Mystic, spent Sunday in the city with his parents. The Chronicle tenders thanks to Mr. James Harp for a mess of fine roasting ears. T II Calhoun has moved his bro kerage office into the Heudly build ing. ltev. S E Blitch spent several days in Abbeville this week. Come out to the Young People's meeting at the Baptist church Sun day morning at 10 o'clock. Cader McLand has accepted a po sition with J H Alison at Mystic. For choice and select groceries, call on Paxson Bros. Phone No. 70. Powell Nicholson is home on fur lough and paid Abbeville a visit Wednesday. Capt. A K Jennings has a position with the McCormick Harvesting Ma chine Co. A new railroad and an indepen dent Boat line are now in sight for Abbeville. Please hand us that $ you owe for tlie Chronicle. If you have not the. money we will take wood or “any old thing” you can spare, A hint to the wise is sufficient. Rev. B J W Graham, of Macon, passed through Abbeville last Satur day enroute to Fitzgerald, where he is holding an Institute this week. When you call for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve the great pile cure don't accept anything else. Don t be talk - ed into accepting a subsitutc, for piles, for sores, for burns. For sale by Central Drug Co. An Enjoyable Occasion. Miss Nita Alison entertained a few invited guests at her homo Tuesday evening in a royal manner, The evening was spent in games of dif ferent kinds, music and recitations. Sherbcrt and cake were served to tlie guests before departing and all present were highly delighted with the pleasures accorded them. The Sure La Grippe' Cure. There is no use suffering from this dreadful malady, if you will only get the right remedy. You are having pain through your body, your liver i* out of order, have no appetite, no Kte or ambition, have a bad cold, in fact are completely used up. Elec trie Bitters is tlie only remedy that will give you prompt and sure relief. They act directly on your liver, stomach and kidneys, tone up the whole system and make you feel like a new being. They are guaranteed to cure or price refunded. For sale by the City Drug Co. Only 50 cents per bottle. 1^ m WORLD | Knows that the Peerless Remedy for Diseases of the Liver, Kidneys and Bladder is Dr.J. ILMbLEAITS AND KIDNEY nialVlH ■ ■ ■ It has Cured Thousands of Des perate Cases. Try It. PRICE, $1.00 PER BOTTLE. TUB SALK BY Nor sale fio Central Drug Co. A Pleasant Evening. Mrs. G F McLeod entertained a party of young people at her home last Friday evening in a manner de lightful to all present. After all had enjoyed themselves till a late hour the hostess, to make the occca sion more memorable, set before the guests ice cream and cake good enough to suit the taste of the most fastidious goddess. For . broken surfaces, sores. insect bites, burns, skin diseases and especially piles their is one reliable remedy, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. When you call for DeWitt’s don't accept counterfeits or fraud, you will not be disn pointed with DeWitt, s Witch Hazel Salve. Central Drug Co. The “Tackey” Party. A large number of Abbeville's \ oung people assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J R Monroe Mon day evening and enjoyed themselves immensely in all the fun to be rived from a “tackey” party. Each and every one tried to excel iu the awkwardness and antique tion of Ins dress. Two prizes were offered for excellency in this art and after The assemblage had talked, frolicked and laughed themselves hoarse a committee was appointed to investi gate and report the names of‘the successful contestants. When the* committee announced ready* to re port all held their breath till the names were announced. Miss Clyde Melton and Mr. James Sutton proved to be the artists indeed of the occasion and carried away the prizes. The occasion was one of fun and enjoyment all the way through and will lie remembered for some time. You invite disappointment when you experiment. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are pleasant, easy, thorough little pills. They cure con stipation and srek headache just as sure as you take them. Central Drug Co. COTTON QUOTATIONS. Thursday Sept. 8th 1808. Middling fair........ 5 c, Good middling....... Strict middling........ Middling............ Low middling......... Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap ped hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisf ac tion or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by the City Drug Co. Abbeville’s Mayor is a man of all work. He doesn't mind taking bold wherever it is necessary to do so to accomplish whatever he undertakes. The people should'stand by him in Ids efforts to build up the town. Wailing, Tenn.. April 29th, 1898. I was very bad, down nearly all the time suffering with my side, back and kidneys,, and would have been dead long ago without relief. After taking I)r. J H McLean a Liver and Kidney Balm a few days I found it was helping me. and by the time the second bottle was gone 1 was well and have been, in good health sine* James Fisher, Sr. For sale by Centi al Drug Co. Wilkes county went dry by 300 majority at the recent prohibition ejection. A Fine Opening for the Abbeville Notmal College and Business I Institute—Expressions from our Citizens. The college opened up hist Tues day with 200 students. There are '■ in attendance, pupils from ten counties in Georgia and front six counties in Florida. Xeiv life has been infused into the town and every branch of business is doing better. Below are some expressions from the people: J 0 Whitted:—“Abbeville has taken on new life. 1 could tell it so soon as 1 struck the town. I am coming back here to live.” Z W Lasseter:—“I think the col lege is the biggest thing that ever struck Abbeville and everybody should pull together for its upbuild ing. ” II F Land;—-“Abbeville is des tined to become the educational centre of South Georgia. Every thing else sinks into insignificance in comparrison to the college." J B Alison walked up to the build ing committee and said:—“The school makes me feed good. Here's $10.00 use it in new seats." AG Carithers:—“The outlook is good—tlie town brighter.” A F Churchwell:—“The town is putting on new life. " Ed Anderson:—“It looks like Abbe ville and the college are on a boom. J noticed the two empty houses ad joining mine are now occupied.” Pole Thigpen:—“I feel like 1 am in a new town since the college opened." Lee Pittman:—“I think the col lege is worth a dozen court houses." Boy McCartney:—“If everybody moves to Abbeville I have beard talking about doing so, there will not be houses enough to hold half of them." Charley Donaldson:—“I have seen more new faces in Abbeville thi' past week than 1 eve.i saw here before. The school is the life of Abbeville." Dr. Maynard:—“The school is a grand success and Abbeville will be a grand success with the hearty co operation of everybody. " L 1* Wimberly:—“The town is new again and oil the move." Charley Bailey:—“I think the school means more to the town than anything and the people should put their shoulders to the wheel now.” Homer Reid:—“T think there is a move on Abbeville since the school opened.” Albert Sommer:—“Schools and churches are first. We now have the best of both. Abbeville will now move.” J II Little:—“I run a dray and haul for everybody and I never saw things liven lip so much." L Story:—“My business is pick ing up. The school is helping the town." W A Cherry:—“Business is pick ing up wonderfully. The school can t be beat. ” Mayor Holton:—“I have bad high hopes for the school all the time, but it surpasses my expectations.” W II Wilkinson:—“I’m not wor rying. Our superior facilities for handling cotton, and the school, tickles mo all over. " R A Wilson:—“We have nothing that cost the same money that's worth half so much." Paul Hair:—“It looks like spring of the year since sciiool started,” AJ Bowen:—“'The prospects are brighter for Abbeville than it ever was before.” Rev. M L Lawson:—- I have just returned from Unadilla, and our school is the talk from here there." First, last and always, the school. How To Look Good Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending entirely on a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the liver be inactive you have a bilious look; If your stomach be disordered you have a j dyspeptic look; if your kidneys lie affected you have a pinched look. Secure good health and you will surely have good looks. “Electric Bitters” is a good alterative and ; tonic. Acts directly on the stomach I liver and kidneys. Purifies the blood, cures pimples, blotches and tioils, and gives a good complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at the City Drug Store. 5 Subscribe for The Chronicle. I More Improvements. The water main is now being from the artesian well to the imikii.* .* 111 ..■fM-.i.y, water will he* running all the buildings. Thuth wears weii. People learned that DeWitts Little Risers are reliable little pills luting the bowels, eureing eonstipa tion and sick headache. They gripe. Central Drug Co, An Excursion to Montgomery. The farmers grand excursion Montgomery Ala.. Monday Sept., 20th, via the Ga. & Ala. Railway promises to he a grand success. The starting points are Americas and Al bany. From Americas the round trip fare is $1.50. A good oppor tunity to see Montgomery. Two days are allowed in Montgomery. A stubborn cough or tickling in the throat yield to One Minute Cough Cure, Harmless in effect touches the right spot, reliable and just what is wanted. It acts at once Central Drug Co. Abbeville’s New R. R. The railroad from Eastman to Ab beville is now a certainty, The movers in the matter are men of money and enterprise and will lose no time in pushing it through to completion. With three railroads and the river, which is equal to two roads, great things may be expected for Abbeville in the near future. TOat B ’ Bargain! W Two Hundred and Sixteen acres H improved land, lying 2.1 miles A from Abbeville, in one half mile of railroad, with all necessary T farm houses and dwellings to gether with all kinds of farming ^ tools, including 1 Brand new mower and rake, cutaway hairow, D plow stocks, gear, etc., also 15 head stock cattle. 50 head of A hogs, 5 horses and 2 mules, 1 two horse Wagon '’aKtl harness, 1 one horse wagon and harness i Q buggy and harness, 1 saddle. 700 ^ bushels tfn" ©,O0u ibs. good fodder. Everything in readiness | to pitch a farm for another year. N The In ml is all well fenced, with ail necessary cross fences; i with a woods pasture fenced to itself with a fill*: e cr ceasing | How of watei; lour good WoTls of water on -place; plenty of farm timber. One hundred and seven V ty-five acres of the land now in a high state of cultivation and will produce, with good work, next S year 20 bushels corn and 1,000 pounds of seed cotton to the acre; can also grow on one acre enough ( sugar cane to make twenty barrels syrup. I will sell the land by itself or ^ all towother with stock, farming -p utensils, etc. Will sell for one half cash balance in six and tr t twelve months. * Titles Pern kit. I the inves I will also guarantee T tor 10 percent, on investment. . For further information, apply to . . . L. !’. Wimberly, Mgr., 8 25 2 m Abbeville, Ga. FOB Staple. & Fancy (xroceries.-wwi&f CALL ON /ffi. JU ffirown, " THE HUSTLER, 3 l Goons Delivered to Anv Part <«f the. Cvrv. central city barber shop t all work done in first-class style, clean mugs and clean towels and polite attention next door to southern express office. bob weathers pro^. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, The famous little pilLs, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles. Scalds, Burns. Banks Fail But have Never Failed . . T 0 S K h L. Furniture, Stoves, House-furnishing J Crockery, Line j n f ac t anything in the cheaper than can be bought in South Middle Ga. Bicvclesl W unhesitatingly recommend the 1898 We Can also furnish a Good Wheel at $30.00 Sc MELTON. j I m NTRAL vf J L PITTMAN, TOILET ARTICLES AND FINE PER FILM ES. BEST SOAPS ON THE MARK ET. Home Raised Supplies, Fresh Georgia Syrup, Baled Oats, Boasting Ears, Cab bilges, Green Peas, Rutabaga and other vegetables al ways fresh from the farm. Fresh Butter and Eggs, t t ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF;j*“ . Fancy and Family Groceries. R. A. WILSON, Apt, Corner of Stubbs and Commerce Streets. Baker’s Old Stand h RBEVILLE fi 0 TT 0 N AREHOUSE fs as well ^ejwed to handle cot-* as any town in Georgia. Ef salesman, sworn statesman. 7 S. Interest of fanners peeially after. J. T. FLOYD, PROPRIETOR. Chronicle . . Is the Official Organ of Wilcox county, and the Best Advertising Medium in Southwest Georgia. Largest circulation. Only $1 Per Annum. us Your Job Work. Clearance ©ale! I will now offer my Entire Stock At prices mentioned below. $1,25 en's shoe's..........8 80 0.0(1 Black clay worsted suits 1.00 8.00 Casimere suits....... 5.00 (i Fast casimere calico.. .. o.) 5 Quilt calico........... 03 0 Muslin................ 0-1 5 Yard sea island........ 0 ! 5 Cheek homespun....... 03 7 Bed ticking............ (i White lawn............ 01 (i Gingham.............. 12Figured organdie ...... • X 10 Percal................ I 25 White organdie........ 1 18 White organdie........ j C t 10 Scissors............. 05 5 Hadkerchie/s.......... 02 10 Suspenders............ 00 Linen suits..... . .. 1 75 Working pants......... 40 Sunday pants J 00 Straw luitsat ! price; Umbrellas at25 per cent less than cost; Trunks at manufacturer's prices; Men’s and Ladies Fine Shoes and Oxfords Ties at your own price. All other goods will be sold REGARDLESS - OF - COST. An early call will secure you Great Bargains. ffitmenkr tbc place ^ r. GOTTLIEB Ju j JrUG Next Door to PR HSC 1’. I 1"1‘IUXS L‘AREFI' LLY COMPOUNDED. As Being The Best That Can Be Produced. I 0MPANY. \J Abbeville, Georgia. >~0J^croo oz> UXOTHX>T ”00 Spool cotton 02 Spool silk 03 2000 yds 25c cassimere. w' 1500 yds loot cassimere O Large pair towels..... 05 Fancy belts........... 10 Ladies corsets......... 20 50 Envelopes......... 05 Sheets writing paper 04 120 Pins.......-. 01 50 Buttons.......... 05 Good pair hose........ 05 1 Bottle good ink..... 02 Sunday slippers....... 1 40 Every day slippers.. .. 30 1.50 pr. Men’s Sunday s 1 oo Quilts............... 00 Men s shirts.......... 1 pr. Window shades.. 4 - Bleaching...... 04 Boys knee pants 10 Come to see ns FINE STATIONERY CHOICE CIGARS. SODA WATER. AND COLD DRINKS.
